Love Art Fantasy Drama Politics
and the Exploration
of Space _________________________________________ Written
Works: narrative and drama in downloadable E-books. The literary and drama collection includes five E-books
downloadable in Microsoft Reader format, including three novels: two science
fiction and fantasy epics and a suspense-filled psychological thriller, all
strong on well-defined and colorful characterization with no lack of
character-revealing dialogue and comedy relief. Drama includes a collection of Six Plays for the Stage,
most suitable for little theatre production, five not yet produced. Production
rights for all six plays are negotiable and available from the author. Keep in
mind that if a theatre company does an original production, the production
credits, such as the director and actors, will all have their names listed as
the original cast in all future publications of a produced script, even if the
script is picked up by a major publisher of drama for the stage. Also available is a collection of Three Scripts for
the Screen. Motion picture production rights are available and negotiable
with the author. Inquiries from literary agents are welcome. Contact
William@wm-monje.com
For description and excerpts and a list of E-book
retailers' web sites carrying these E-books, link to:
This exhibit of original
erotic art in pen and ink and watercolor, oils, charcoal, and other media,
including block prints and sculpture, opens with an illustrated introductory
text entitled "Confessions of an Erotic Artist," but deals mostly
with the aesthetics versus the political censorship of erotic art.
Part Two of the site is the main exhibit of over sixty full-page pieces
of erotic fine art, with brief notations such as size and medium, suitable for
color printing for one's personal enjoyment or collection (© William
Monje 2008 all rights reserved). That the artist began his career as a scenic
artist and set designer is apparent in the settings, from peasant cottages to
castles to elaborate wilderness scenes. Also included in the site of
erotic art is a section of block prints or original graphics, plus a section
with a number of pictures of sculpture. The erotic art of William
Monje has sold extensively around the world during its days of highest
recognition, mostly during the 1970s, with about a thousand originals and over
20,000 reproductions already in circulation. There has been little new art by
the artist after the early 1980s, which should lend considerably to the value
of that already in existence.
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Whatever
Happened to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave? This is a political blog in
two parts. Part One is a series
of articles, in an appropriate order, which examines the original thinking and
intent of those who brought us both the American Revolution and the
Constitution that would make a grand experiment in self-government work if no
one messed with it…which, unfortunately, has been happening since the
beginning. It is little known or forgotten or deliberately suppressed history,
commentary from that colonial period on how it should work, and the extensive
philosophy, briefly stated, studied by the Founders, upon which they based
that grand experiment in self-government, but with the author's own commentary
on how and by whom it was undermined in recent history. Although Part One could read
more as a book, Part Two, on a separate site, is an ongoing commentary on
political and other contemporary events, also posted as articles, but
presented more as a blog. Articles
are archived monthly but still available. Subject matter centers on the
destruction of the balance of powers by the Executive Branch; the popular
acceptance of government propaganda as the truth and only truth; our steady
advance toward a police state through government and media fear mongering,
which makes a mockery of "The land of the free and the home of the
brave"; and the utter failure of mainstream news media to investigate and
report the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…among other
things.
_______________________________________________________ Giving
Space Exploration Some Rational Thought
Forward:
Space exploration is not science fiction -- it is an ongoing adventure in
space, well beyond our own planet Earth and its moon, that has already
touched upon most of the planets in our solar system. The technologies from
flight and aviation have advanced quickly to where they are today. With more
work to be done by NASA, and even private enterprise, the speed with which
space exploration advances should accelerate once we take exploring space
more seriously. The introduction and article that follow are meant to
inspire the imagination it takes to explore the infinite possibilities of
discovering the planets, distant solar systems, the galaxy and someday the
whole universe, and, in the process, all the undiscovered technology that
will make it possible.
"To
The Stars" An Article on Space Exploration, Problems and Solutions.
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The
Erotic Art Of William Monje In Four Parts or the
Fine Art Version Of Making Love Down Through The Ages, which is Best When You
Use Your Imagination. Part One is an introduction entitled "Confessions of
an Erotic Artist" and covers some personal background on the artist; the
aesthetics of art and erotic art in particular; the origins of inspiration for
producing erotic art; public and other attitudes toward erotic art; and the
hypocrisy of censorship, especially of a political nature, taking into
consideration erotic art has been around for centuries but mostly locked away
in the vaults of privileged persons and institutions while being banned,
usually by law, from the public in general. The text is written by the artist
and illustrated with examples of his erotic art where relative to the text,
but is not the main and extensive exhibit, which appears in the following
three parts.
Part
One: "Confessions of an Erotic Artist," an Illustrated Introduction
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Part Two is an extensive exhibit of about sixty pieces of erotic
art, in color with full page images, mostly in pen and ink and watercolor,
both originals and hand-colored prints, but with other media, such as oils.
The artist's first set of pen and ink drawings were characters only, but with
a background of scenic art and set design, it didn't take long before all his
erotic art was staged in elaborate and colorful settings. To quote a critic's
review from the 1970s:
"His
backgrounds are carefully detailed to effect the time of the art in history.
This gives them a classical sense.
. . the timeless milieu. Yet his scenes are realistic . . . the costumes
befitting the periods . . . faces effecting historical accuracy and the
actions elevated above the pragmatism abounding today in movies and the
written word."
With a block print, the original image exists only on the
block, meticulously carved with knives and chisels on the surface of a block
by the artist, which means the printed image is not taken from another medium,
and each block print is, in itself, an original graphic.
There are several other erotic art block prints in
addition to the set of ten represented in this exhibit, and all the original
blocks still exist, meaning more block prints can be made from those carved
blocks.
Part
Three: A Collection of Erotic Art Block Prints, Meaning Original Graphics ________________________________ Part Four of this erotic art exhibit are images of
sculpture. Some of the sculpture depicted herein is in modeling clay, but
those pieces have existing molds and are also being reproduced in wax for
bronze castings. Other pieces of sculpture by the artist, in bronze, also
exist, but they and the copyrights have been sold and are not available for
this exhibit.
Another sculpture exhibit, entitled "Girls with Open
Blouses," easily identified by that title, are done in a polymer ceramic
clay, are fire hardened, and are one of a kind, each signed and copyrighted by
the artist. Some are monochrome, but the ones in color are not painted; they
are sculpted using different colored clays.
Copyright William Monje 2008. All Rights Expressed and Implied are Reserved.